Re: cluster cost model definition
when you're talking about a host, you hopefully mean a Virtual Machine, otherwise I would recommend to bring them back to a baseline. Apart from that (let's say misunderstanding) I can recommend VMware...
View ArticleRe: Changing the ip of a vCenter server while keeping the View connection...
can you post a picture of the architecture?
View ArticleRe: SSH Access to Hosts
Hi Jeremy, Is your host is ESX or ESXi and what version? if it is ESXi go to trouble shooting mode options and Enable ESXi shell ssh support. Thanks Prakash
View ArticleBackup Solution with vmdirectpath enabled vm (esxi5.1) ?
Hi, has anyone a working solution for backing up a VM with vmdirectpath (AVM PCI Controller) without shutting down the guest ? may this possible in the future ? any rumors about ?Thanks-Armin
View ArticleRe: Everytime AV Server Push Out Updates, VMs Network Connectivity Gets Spotty
You might want to check the storage system itself, if you have any way to track performance there. Cache hitting a high watermark and having to flush to disk constantly could cause the entire system...
View ArticleRe: SSH Access to Hosts
Hi, The VCAP5-DCA exam is based on ESXi 5.0 so will just meaning enabling SSH on the security profile if i need to. I suddenly had a bad thought that I wouldn't be able to use SSH and since I...
View ArticleRe: Can SSO just use the local OS users and not AD?
tl;dr: Yes your guess is correct, local users work with SSO, there is no need for AD users. long version: I would still install it as a domain user, if the auto discovery fails don't bother about it....
View ArticleRe: VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale [V5.1]
You don't HAVE to take ICM first, it's just that O&S was written assuming you have.
View ArticleRe: SSO/vCenter redundancy
This dream is about to burst because your database must be consistent for your so called "hot standby vcenter". This is one of the reason why sphere heartbeat makes sense. What about vSphere HA? It...
View ArticleVMware View sizing
Hello, I know there is a VDI calculator out there, but was wondering if there was a fairly easy way to size a VDI environment? Our current Lab image is 50GB (OS + Apps). We are trying to clean up /...
View ArticleESXi 5.1u1 vMotion issue (2 different cpu types)
I have the following 3 servers in an esxi essentials cluster 5.1u1. The issue I am having is I am unable to vmotion guests from/to the 1st server to either the 2nd/3rd. I can do so without problem...
View ArticleRe: VCenter 5.1 Migration Strategy?
Anyone have steps for migrating the vcenter to a new server and the DB to a new instance?
View ArticleRe: exporting firewall/NAT rules from Edge Gateway
What I found is this blog: http://geekafterfive.com/tag/vcloud-director/ But that didn't work for me, I get an error saying: "The remote server returned an error: (406) Not Acceptable.", maybe it's...
View ArticleRe: Install ESX on a desktop
I wanted to share that CloudConcepts' method worked for us using a stock ESXi 5.1 ISO and the same E1000E.tgz driver. We purchased a few HP 8300 workstations that had the same NIC; these machines are...
View ArticleRe: Obtain Guest clustering information
Have a go at this Re: Searching VMs in multiple VCs
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Re: Concerns over upgrading vCenter Server from 4.1 to 5.1
>My hope is/was that, if the 5.1 upgrade fails, I could simply failback to a clone of my VMware vCenter Server made prior to the attempted upgrade (it is 4.1). Is there more than this or more to...
View ArticleRe: SSL Automation Tool Error
Have you tried just running rsautil manage-secrets -a change it should automatically request the normal password and a new password avoiding any command line escaping issues.
View ArticlevMotion from ESXi 5.0 to 5.1 U1 stalls at 65% but eventually completes
We recently upgrade a few hosts in one of our cluster from ESXi 5.0 build 702118 (Dell R710) to ESXi 5.1 U1 build 1117900 (Dell R720) and we're noticing that during vMotion operations (maintenance mode...
View ArticleGet and Set NAT config
Hi all, I am trying to read and write the NAT config for a larger vApp with complex rules with PowerCLI as whenever the vApp get's added to a different org from catalog all is gone. This vApp needs to...
View ArticleRe: SSO Auth for Java REST calls
I have attempted the solution posted by Ilian Ilievwhich unfortunately failed in the same way. The only change I made to the code was the call to VcoSessionFactory in which rather than use...
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